Lateral tailgate support for a motor vehicle

ABSTRACT

A tailgate support is arranged in a sealing channel between an inner panel of the lid bodyshell and a lateral covering of the rear lights.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority under 35 USC 119 to German Patent Appl.No. 10 2016 109 264.9 filed on May 20, 2016, the entire disclosure ofwhich is incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND 1. Field of the Invention

The invention relates to a lateral tailgate support for a motor vehicle,a corresponding tailgate, a corresponding motor vehicle and acorresponding method for producing a motor vehicle.

2. Related Art

Prior art passenger vehicles have a luggage compartment for conveying aload. Most vehicles have a front engine and have a luggage compartmentin the rear region. Station wagons, a sports utility vehicles (SUV) andother vehicles with a hatchback have a tailgate fastened via the rearwindow to provide access to the luggage compartment and an interiorcompartment.

DE 196 44 236 C2 provides a stop buffer for positionally fixing thefront hood. The stop buffer has a buffer pin and an elongate receivingprofile portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

DE 43 07 454 C1 describes a locking device for an outer pivoting lid ofa motor vehicle. The pivoting lid, in its closed position, extends withsupport via a buffer in a manner flush with the surface of the wall thatis fixed on the body. The buffer is designed as a rotatable ring havinga thickness that is variable over the circumference of the ring.

JP 2010-228675 also describes a buffer for a hood on the motor vehicle.If the engaging impact force exceeds a certain value, the externalthread of the screw element can be deformed plastically to absorb theimpact force.

JP 2002029261 A also describes a stop buffer for a closable component.

CN 105090310 A describes a buffer for the front hood of a motor vehiclethat is adjustable in the vehicle vertical direction via a thread.

SUMMARY

The invention provides a lateral tailgate support for a motor vehiclethat is fit into the sealing channel between the inner panel of the lidbodyshell and the lateral covering of the rear lights of the vehicle,and that lies flat against the covering.

The adjustability of the Y contact surface can be realized either bymeans of a buffer that can be displaced by lateral rails and securedwith a screw, or by displacement of the housing because of elongatedholes that are present. The adjustability normally to the inletdirection of the rear lid is made possible via a Z buffer with the aidof a thread.

An exemplary embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawingsand is described in more detail below.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is the view of the rear end of a motor vehicle.

FIG. 2 is a section in the plane 11 according to FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is the view of a first embodiment of two supports.

FIG. 4 is a section, corresponding to FIG. 2, of the first embodiment ofa support fitted into the sealing channel of the rear end.

FIG. 5 is a first partial section of the support according to FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a second partial section of the support according to FIG. 4.

FIG. 7 is a view, corresponding to FIG. 3, of a second embodiment of twosupports.

FIG. 8 is a section, corresponding to FIG. 2, of the first embodiment ofa support fitted into the sealing channel of the rear end.

FIG. 9 is a first partial section of the support according to FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is a second partial section of the support according to FIG. 8.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIGS. 1 and 2 collectively illustrate the construction space of alateral tailgate support for a motor vehicle according to the invention.The designated installation site is in a sealing channel between theinner panel of the lid bodyshell and the lateral covering of the rearlights (not illustrated) that preferably is made of plastic.

FIG. 3 illustrates the tailgate supports that are provided on both sidesof the rear end of FIG. 1. More particularly, FIG. 3 shows the lefttailgate support in the designated direction of travel. The two supportshave a Y contact surface and a Z contact surface.

FIG. 4 illustrates the construction space of the tailgate support. Itbecomes clear in this illustration that the pitching axis of the motorvehicle runs transverse to the Y contact surface, and the yaw axis ofthe motor vehicle runs transverse respect to the Z contact surface whenthe tailgate support is arranged in the sealing channel.

As shown in FIG. 5, the Y contact surface is defined by a Y buffer thatcan be displaced transversely with respect to the rolling axis of themotor vehicle by means of a linear guide—designed here as a railguide—of the housing, and is connected to the housing of the tailgatesupport by a screw.

In a corresponding manner, a Z buffer, shown in detail in FIG. 6,defines the Z contact surface of the tailgate support. The Z buffer canbe displaced longitudinally with respect to the yaw axis of the motorvehicle by means of a thread, which is designed here as a trapezoidalthread.

FIG. 7 contrasts the first embodiment of FIG. 3 with a second embodimentof the tailgate supports. The second embodiment differs from the firstembodiment primarily by having a Y contact surface formed directly bythe respective housing, as illustrated clearly in FIGS. 8 and 9. Insteadof the separately formed Y buffer of the first embodiment, the entirehousing can be adjusted by being displaced along the inner panel—on aline defined by elongated holes provided on both sides of the Z buffer.However, the Z buffer shown in FIG. 10 with reference to the secondembodiment substantially corresponds to that of FIG. 6.

What is claimed is:
 1. A lateral tailgate support for a motor vehiclewith a lid bodyshell and rear lights, the tailgate support beingconfigured to be arranged in a sealing channel between an inner panel ofthe lid bodyshell and a lateral covering of the rear lights.
 2. Thetailgate support of claim 1, wherein the tailgate support has a Ycontact surface, and the tailgate support is shaped so that a pitchingaxis of the motor vehicle runs transverse to the Y contact surface whenthe tailgate support is arranged in the sealing channel.
 3. The tailgatesupport of claim 2, further comprising a housing and a Y buffer that hasthe Y contact surface, the housing having a linear guide for displacingthe Y buffer transversely with respect to a rolling axis of the motorvehicle.
 4. The tailgate support of claim 3, further comprising a screwthat connects the Y buffer to the housing.
 5. The tailgate support ofclaim 2, further comprising a housing that has the Y contact surface,and the housing comprises elongated holes for connecting the housing tothe inner panel.
 6. The tailgate support of claim 1, wherein thetailgate support has a Z contact surface, and the tailgate support isshaped so that a yaw axis of the motor vehicle is transverse to the Zcontact surface when the tailgate support is arranged in the sealingchannel.
 7. The tailgate support of claim 6, further comprising a Zbuffer that has the Z contact surface, the Z buffer having a thread fordisplacing the Z buffer longitudinally with respect to the yaw axis. 8.A tailgate for a motor vehicle the tailgate comprising the tailgatesupport of claim 1 on both sides.
 9. A motor vehicle, comprising rearlights with a lateral covering made of plastic, and the motor vehiclefurther comprising the tailgate of claim 8 with an inlet directionpointing longitudinally with respect to a yaw axis of the motor vehicle.10. A method for producing the motor of claim 9, the method comprising:fitting the tailgate support into the sealing channel between the innerpanel of the lid bodyshell and the lateral covering of the rear lights,and adjusting the tailgate support in such a manner that the tailgatesupport lies flat against the covering.